Why choose the Solar Technology and Cost Service?

Solar Developers, Operators and EPCs

Pre-empt shifts in global module supply, cost and performance

We provide clear and timely insight into the current and future trends that will affect the global solar supply chain. With our modelling of competing and disruptive technologies, you can plan effectively, anticipating shifts in module demand, performance, supply availability and cost. CRU’s high-calibre data and analysis will provide you with module manufacturing capacity forecasts, offering perspective into supply-chain bottlenecks.

Stay ahead of market changes and make informed decisions on technology investments. Access intelligence that equips you to confidently plan for economic success in a complex and continuously changing environment.

Module Manufacturers

Stay ahead of the competition

With an understanding of regional and technical trends, you can better target your purchasing and understand changes to the costs of components. Our detailed understanding of the full solar supply chain helps you optimise procurement decisions, stay competitive, source components, and manage material risks. CRU’s data enables improved risk management, ensuring robust cost planning, and sound purchasing strategies. Our competitive intelligence identifies challenges posed by competitors. Moreover, our data empowers informed decisions for short and long-term investments.

Policymakers and Influencers

Plan regionally with a global perspective

Develop an international perspective on solar market landscapes, trends, and policies, enabling you to forecast the potential impact key technology evolutions will have, how widespread they will be, and who really are the global key players. Our insights will help both international and national policymakers with the perspectives needed to design the strategies and structures essential for the short- and long-term success of the world’s transition to carbon neutrality. Identify investment prospects, recognise over and undersupply, minimise risks in your region’s supply chains, and evaluate the economic opportunities that the solar sector will present for your jurisdiction.

Investors and Financial Institutions

Know where to target your investments

We help you to identify investments, clients, and technologies in the solar supply chain that are positioned for long-term growth and help to distinguish from those that are not. With the help of the Solar Technology and Cost Service, you can efficiently manage lending risks and client investments. Stay ahead in the industry by identifying growth potential, navigating new markets and technologies, and tracking the dynamic solar landscape.

Utilities and Power Generators

Negotiate using accurate data

The Solar Technology and Cost Service provides insights into solar cost and technology evolution, enabling you to understand trends, identify growth opportunities, assess demand, and navigate policy changes. Access accurate information to understand the trajectory of solar costs in the medium to long term.

CRU's Acquisition of Exawatt

In 2023, CRU acquired Exawatt, renowned as a global provider of strategic consulting and research in solar PV, energy storage, power electronics, and electric vehicles. As a result, this acquisition provides customers with a holistic, joined-up view that better informs key decisions and progress around energy transition technologies and infrastructure. This is underpinned by a shared commitment to technical expertise, high-quality data, a rigorous approach to methodologies, and best-in-class cost analysis. 

In partnership with

PVEL’s and Exawatt’s joint Solar Technology and Cost Report and Energy Storage Technology and Cost Report provide downstream buyers with the crucial market intelligence needed for successful project development and equipment procurement. The reports offer solar and storage stakeholders with bottom-up forecasts for PV and energy storage technologies, including up to 5-year price indicators, technology updates, and policy reviews.